Visualization

Animated maps offer intuitive, easily understandable representations of historical events. They assist viewing historical information in its temporal and spatial contexts. But WikiWar isn’t just about viewing the data — it's about interacting with it. Using...

Provenance

All WikiWar data starts with a reference. Ideally that reference will be a primary source, such as an official war diary, but secondary sources, such as one of the hundreds of thousands of published war books are also heavily relied upon. Even Wikipedia articles and other web...

Multiple Perspectives

Accounts of any battle or war are as numerous as the participants — and the observers. WikiWar lets you choose how those various accounts are portrayed by selecting bias and prejudice filters. A typical bias is to prefer primary sources over secondary or tertiary sources...

Collaboration

WikiWar is a Social Research project. Collaborating is easy and fun with our social media features and game mechanics. Get involved in Battlespace projects and contribute your unique knowledge in real-time with fellow contributors.